DE102011118599A1 - Center console for motor car, has armrest connected with console body in movable manner, and guiding device comprising guiding path and engagement device, where engagement device is fixedly arranged at console body - Google Patents

Abstract

The console (10) has a console body (11), and an armrest (12) connected with the body in a movable manner. A guiding device (13) connects the armrest with the body, and designed such that the armrest is moved from a position to another position in a phase. The guiding device has a guiding path and an engagement device that is arranged at the path in a movable manner. The engagement device is arranged at the armrest in a fixed manner. The guiding device has another guiding path and another engagement device, where the latter engagement device is fixedly arranged at the body.

Description

The invention relates to a center console for a motor vehicle according to the preamble of claim 1.

The DE 600 14 487 T2 relates to a console armrest for a motor vehicle interior and forms the basis for the preamble of claim 1. This document discloses a console which extends longitudinally between two front seats of the vehicle and comprises a body which carries an armrest for the users of the seats. The armrest is pivotally mounted about a horizontal axis transverse to the console so as to form a closure cap for a container disposed in the body. The axle is connected to the body and extends in the rear of the armrest. The armrest comprises a mounting base and two support members for the elbows of the users of the front seats, one left and one right, extending in the longitudinal direction. The armrest further includes a spring steel bent over sheet such that it has two longitudinally extending wings, one lower and one upper. The two wings are connected together by their rear end and stretched by a spring action of this sheet elastic at a distance from each other. The lower wing is formed integrally with the mounting base. The upper wing is split longitudinally so as to have two elongate arms. Each arm is stretched by the spring action of the sheet elastically spaced from the lower wing and carries one of the two support member. The blade is pivotally mounted about the axis by means of a bearing, which is arranged near the junction of the two wings. The armrest also includes means for adjusting the spacing of the two wings, such that the support members can be lowered or raised to adapt the armrest to different user morphologies. Starting from a horizontal position of the armrest, the user, when he wants to get into the container raises the mounting base, for example by packing it at its front end, so that the entire armrest is pivoted about the axis backwards from the console, until a vertical position of this armrest is reached. Then the container is accessible.

The object of the invention is to allow for a center console according to the preamble of claim 1 an alternative adjustment of the armrest.

This object is achieved by a center console according to claim 1. Further embodiments are described in the subclaims.

• – einen Konsolenkörper;
• – eine Armlehne, die beweglich mit dem Konsolenkörper verbunden ist und relativ zu dem Konsolenkörper zumindest eine erste Position und eine zweite Position einnehmen kann, in der sie zu der ersten Position um einen vorgegebenen Winkel verschwenkt ist;
• – eine Führungsvorrichtung, die die Armlehne mit dem Konsolenkörper verbindet;

wobei die Führungsvorrichtung derart ausgebildet ist, dass in einer ersten Phase die Armlehne ausgehend von der ersten Position bis in eine dritte Position bewegt werden kann, die zu der ersten Position in einer ersten Richtung versetzt ist; und in einer zweiten Phase die Armlehne ausgehend von der dritten Position bis in die zweite Position geschwenkt werden kann;
wobei die Führungsvorrichtung eine erste Führungsbahn und eine erste Eingriffsvorrichtung umfasst, die mit und/oder in der ersten Führungsbahn verschiebbar geführt ist;
wobei die erste Führungsbahn am Konsolenkörper ausgebildet ist und die erste Eingriffsvorrichtung an der Armlehne ortsfest angeordnet ist, oder umgekehrt;
wobei die Führungsvorrichtung eine zweite Führungsbahn und eine zweite Eingriffsvorrichtung umfasst, die an der zweiten Führungsbahn verschiebbar geführt ist;
wobei die zweite Führungsbahn an der Armlehne ausgebildet ist und die zweite Eingriffsvorrichtung am Konsolenkörper ortsfest angeordnet ist, oder umgekehrt.The invention proposes a center console, in particular for a vehicle, which has:

• A console body;
• - An armrest which is movably connected to the console body and can assume at least a first position and a second position relative to the console body, in which it is pivoted to the first position by a predetermined angle;
• A guide device connecting the armrest to the console body;

wherein the guide device is configured such that in a first phase, the armrest can be moved starting from the first position to a third position which is offset to the first position in a first direction; and in a second phase, the armrest can be pivoted from the third position to the second position;
wherein the guide device comprises a first guide track and a first engagement device, which is displaceably guided with and / or in the first guide track;
wherein the first guideway is formed on the console body and the first engagement device is fixed to the armrest, or vice versa;
wherein the guide device comprises a second guideway and a second engagement device slidably guided on the second guideway;
wherein the second guide track is formed on the armrest and the second engagement device is fixedly arranged on the console body, or vice versa.

For example, in the first phase, the armrest can be adjusted to suit the user, and in the second phase, the armrest can be moved to provide more freedom or freedom of movement and / or access to a storage compartment in the console body.

The movement of the armrest in the first phase can take place in any desired manner, as required, for example in a translatory or rectilinear manner and / or on an at least once curved and / or angled path. Alternatively or additionally, this movement can be superimposed with at least one further arbitrary movement, which takes place, for example, translationally or rectilinearly and / or on an at least once curved and / or angled path and / or rotationally.

Preferably, the guide device functions as a slide guide or slide control or a guideway gear.

Preferably, the guideways and the engagement devices are configured to allow the movements of the armrest according to the phases.

The guide device allows by suitable design and arrangement of the guideways and engagement devices, the simple realization of a wide variety of different adjustments of the armrest relative to the console body, in particular according to the two phases.

The guide device may be formed as desired in any manner, for example, such that the armrest can be moved in at least one further phase in at least one further position.

The guide device may, if necessary, comprise at least one further guide track and / or at least one further engagement device. Guides and engagement devices are preferably formed or arranged in pairs mirror-symmetrically to the first direction on opposite sides of the console body and / or the armrest. This allows a smooth and secure guidance without undesirable tilting or tilting.

• – die erste Führungsbahn einen ersten Abschnitt, einen zweiten Abschnitt, der fluchtend an den ersten Abschnitt anschließt, einen dritten Abschnitt, der fluchtend an den zweiten Abschnitt anschließt, und einen vierten Abschnitt aufweist, der fluchtend an den dritten Abschnitt anschließt;
• – der erste Abschnitt geradlinig in der ersten Richtung verläuft;
• – der zweite Abschnitt in einem ersten Krümmungssinn gekrümmt verläuft oder ist;
• – der dritte Abschnitt gerade in einer zweiten Richtung verläuft, die spitzwinklig zur ersten Richtung liegt;
• – der vierte Abschnitt in einem zweiten Krümmungssinn gekrümmt verläuft oder ist, der zum ersten Krümmungssinn entgegengesetzt ist.

The first guideway may be formed as desired in any manner. For example, it may be provided that

• The first guide track has a first section, a second section adjoining the first section, a third section adjoining the second section, and a fourth section adjoining the third section;
• - The first section is rectilinear in the first direction;
• - The second section is curved or is curved in a first direction of curvature;
• The third section is straight in a second direction which is at an acute angle to the first direction;
• - The fourth section is curved or is curved in a second direction of curvature, which is opposite to the first direction of curvature.

The second guideway may be formed as desired in any manner. For example, it may be provided that the second guideway has at least one first section, which runs straight in the first direction.

Each guideway may have at least one further section as needed.

It can be provided that at least one of the guideway includes a groove and / or at least one rail and / or at least one of the engagement devices at least one pin and / or at least one wheel.

According to one embodiment of the invention it is provided that the pins protrude into the corresponding grooves and the wheels run in the corresponding grooves or rails. This prevents lifting or loosening or removal of the engagement device from the guideway.

Each engagement device may be formed as desired in any manner and include, for example, at least two pins or wheels. As a result, the degrees of freedom of movement of the armrest relative to the console body can be limited as needed.

Each pin may be formed as desired in any manner and, for example, have a circular or elliptical or oval or rectangular or square or triangular cross-section.

Each groove may be formed as desired in any manner and, for example, have a rectangular or dovetailed cross-section.

It can be provided that the guideways lie in at least one plane that lies substantially parallel to the first direction.

The console body may be formed as desired in any manner. For example, it may be provided that
the console body has a storage compartment with an upwardly facing opening;
the armrest, at least in the first position, at least partially covers the opening and at least partially releases it, at least in the second position.

The angle can be selected as desired and, for example, be greater than or equal to 45 ° and / or less than or equal to 270 ° or 45 ° or 60 ° or 90 ° or 120 ° or 150 ° or 180 ° or 225 ° or 270 °.

It can be provided that
the angle is greater than or equal to 150 ° and / or less than or equal to 210 ° or 180 °;
the armrest has a lower side facing downwards in the first position and having at least one recess.

It can be provided that the angle can be adjusted.

The term "down" means according to the invention in a direction that in the storage compartment leads, so in the intended installed state of the center console in the direction of gravity.

Embodiments of the invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the individual features resulting therefrom are not limited to the individual embodiments, but can be combined with individual features described above and / or with individual features of other embodiments. The details in the drawings are to be interpreted as illustrative, but not restrictive. The reference signs contained in the claims are not intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way, but merely refer to the embodiments shown in the drawings.

The drawings show in:

1 a side view of a preferred embodiment of a center console in a front, horizontal end position;

2 a side view of the center console in a rear horizontal intermediate position;

3 a side view of the center console in a rear slightly pivoted intermediate position;

4 a side view of the center console in a rear, vertical end position;

5 : a cross section of the center console along the line VV of 1 ,

In the 1 to 5 is a preferred embodiment of a center console 10 a motor vehicle not shown schematically, whose longitudinal axis L in the 1 to 4 from right to left and in the 5 runs from the back to the front. This center console 10 includes a console body 11 , an armrest 12 and a guide device 13 , The armrest 12 is about the guiding device 13 movable with the console body 11 connected and can assume relative to him a first position and a second position in which it is pivoted to the first position by a predetermined angle. This first position is in the 1 is shown here and is also referred to as a front or horizontal end position. This second position is in the 4 shown here and is also referred to as a rear or vertical end position. This angle is 90 ° here.

In this preferred embodiment, the guiding device is 13 designed so that the armrest 12 in a first phase from the front end position in a first direction to a third position relative to the console body 11 can be moved and in a second phase, starting from the third position to the vertical end position relative to the console body 11 can be swiveled. This first direction runs in the 1 to 4 from left to right, ie antiparallel or opposite to the longitudinal axis L in the motor vehicle horizontally to the rear. This third position is in the 2 is shown here and is also referred to as a rear horizontal intermediate position. During this second phase, the armrest reaches 12 the in the 3 shown rear slightly pivoted intermediate position and is then pivoted in a first direction of rotation further into the vertical end position. This first turning sense is in the 1 to 4 clockwise.

In this preferred embodiment, the guiding device comprises 13 a first groove 14 , which forms a first guideway, a first pin 15 which forms a first engagement device, a second groove 16 , which forms a second guide track, and a second pin 17 which forms a second engagement device. In the 5 It is good to see that the armrest 12 wider than the console body 11 is and at its bottom a channel 18 in which an upper part of the console body 11 lies. This bottom is in the 1 . 2 and 5 below and in the 4 right and pointing in the 3 to the bottom left. This channel 18 runs in the front end position parallel to the longitudinal axis L. This upper part of the console body 11 lies with respect to the longitudinal axis L and in the 1 to 5 above.

This channel 18 is bounded by one, with respect to the longitudinal axis L, left and a right vertical inner wall, and this upper console body part is bounded by one, with respect to the longitudinal axis L, left and a right vertical outer wall facing the left and right inner wall. These left and right inner walls are in the 1 to 4 front or back and in the 5 right or left. These left and right outer wall are in the 1 to 4 front or back and in the 5 right or left. The first groove 14 is formed in the left inner wall, the second groove 16 in the left outer wall. The first pin 15 is arranged on the left outer wall of this projecting stationary and protrudes into the first groove 14 , the second pin 17 is arranged on the left inner wall of this projecting stationary and protrudes into the second groove 16 , The cones 15 . 17 are therefore displaceable in the corresponding guideway 14 . 16 guided.

In this preferred embodiment, the first groove 14 a first section 14.1 , a second section 14.2 , a third section 14.3 and a fourth section 14.4 on, which in this order in each case connect flush with each other, and the second groove 16 only a section. The first paragraph 14.1 runs in the front end position straight in the first direction, ie, relative to the longitudinal axis L, from back to front and in the 1 and 2 from right to left. The second section 14.2 runs in the front end position in a first direction of curvature, which corresponds to the first direction of rotation, curved by approximately 30 °, ie in the 1 and 2 clockwise upwards. The third section 14.3 extends in the front end position straight in a second direction which is at an acute angle less than about 30 ° to the first direction, ie, with respect to the longitudinal axis 1 , obliquely from the back down to the top and in front 1 and 2 diagonally from bottom right to top left. The fourth section 14.4 runs in the front end position in a second, opposite to the first direction of curvature of curvature curved by approximately 20 °, ie in the 1 and 2 counterclockwise down. The only section of the second groove 16 is straight and in the front end position in the first direction at the height of the first section 14.1 , In addition, its rear end overlaps in the front end position with the front end of the first section 14.1 , Also the two cones 15 . 17 lie in the front end position at the height of the first section 14.1 , however, lies the first pin 15 at the end of the first section 14.1 and the second pin 17 at the front end of the second groove 16 so that the second pin 17 , with respect to the longitudinal axis L, at a large distance before the first pin 15 lies.

In the rear horizontal intermediate position of the 2 overlaps the rear end of the second groove 16 no longer with the front end of the first section 14.1 because the first groove 14 together with the armrest 12 pushed backwards. The first pin 15 is now at the front end of the first section 14.1 at the transition to the second section 14.2 and the second pin 17 closer to the rear end of the second groove 16 so that the second pin 17 compared to the front end position with a smaller distance before the first pin 15 lies.

During the now beginning pivoting of the armrest 12 in the second phase will be the first pin 15 first in the second section 14.2 guided, while going through the armrest 12 Among other things, the rear slightly pivoted intermediate position of 3 , Then he will continue in the third section 14.3 led and finally in the fourth section 14.4 , During the second phase, the armrest swings 12 around the second pin 17 and decreases the distance between the pins 15 . 17 more and more, until he is in the vertical end position of the 4 reached a minimum and the first pin 15 at the top of the fourth section 14.4 , which in the front end position of the 1 the front end of the fourth section 14.4 corresponds, lies and the second pin 17 at the rear end of the second groove 16 ,

In the vertical end position of the 4 stands the armrest 12 stable vertically erect, since the two pins 15 . 17 are horizontally in front of each other with a distance, and therefore can not swing back undesirable by itself forward down.

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• DE 60014487 T2 [0002]

Claims (9)

Center console ( 10 ) for a motor vehicle, comprising - a console body ( 11 ); - an armrest ( 12 ) movably connected to the console body and adapted to assume a first position and a second position relative to the console body in which it is pivoted to the first position by a predetermined angle; characterized in that the center console ( 10 ) a guiding device ( 13 ), which connects the armrest to the console body; wherein the guide device is configured such that in a first phase, the armrest can be moved starting from the first position to a third position which is offset to the first position in a first direction; and in a second phase, the armrest can be pivoted from the third position to the second position; wherein the guide device comprises a first guideway ( 14 ) and a first intervention device ( 15 ) slidably guided on the first guide track; wherein the first guideway is formed on the console body and the first engagement device is fixed to the armrest, or vice versa; wherein the guide device comprises a second guideway ( 16 ) and a second intervention device ( 17 ) slidably guided on the second guide track; wherein the second guide track is formed on the armrest and the second engagement device is fixedly arranged on the console body, or vice versa. Center console according to claim 1, wherein the first guideway comprises a first section ( 14.1 ), a second section ( 14.2 ), which is aligned with the first section, a third section ( 14.3 ), which is aligned with the second section, and a fourth section ( 14.4 ) which is aligned with the third section; The first section is straight in the first direction; - The second section is curved in a first direction of curvature; The third section is straight in a second direction which is at an acute angle to the first direction; - The fourth section is curved in a second direction of curvature, which is opposite to the first direction of curvature. Central console according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the second guide track has a first portion which extends in a straight line in the first direction. Center console according to one of the preceding claims, wherein at least one of the guideways at least one groove ( 14 . 16 ) and / or at least one rail and / or at least one of the engagement devices at least one pin ( 15 . 17 ) and / or at least one wheel. Center console according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the guideways lie in a plane which extend substantially parallel to the first direction and in particular with a local or sectional deviation from each other in the size of a maximum of 20 degrees. Center console according to one of the preceding claims, wherein - The console body has a storage compartment with an upwardly facing opening; - The armrest at least partially covers the opening at least in the first position and at least partially releases at least in the second position. Center console according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the angle is greater than or equal to 45 ° and / or less than 270 ° or 45 ° or 60 ° or 90 ° or 120 ° or 150 ° or 180 ° or 225 ° or 270 °. Center console according to one of the preceding claims, wherein - The angle greater than or equal to 150 ° and / or less than or equal to 210 ° is 180 °; - The armrest has a bottom, which has in the first position down and at least one recess. Center console according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the angle can be adjusted.

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